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Ybor City: Cigar Capital of the World Lesson PlanYbor City: Cigar Capital of the World Lesson Plan
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Ybor City: Cigar Capital of the World

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Students discover how immigrant cigar makers in this section of Tampa, Florida adapted to life in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th century while maintaining their ethnic identity. They design brochures describing the Ybor City.

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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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